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It’s here again. Memorial Day. I was talking to my Uncle Gerry last night and he asked me to take a moment today and think about the men (and women) who gave their lives for their country over the centuries. Yes, centuries. Uncle Gerry was in Korea, and while he doesn’t spend a lot of time talking about it, it clearly shaped much of his life. And, it took his hearing even though he pretends his hearing is fine, he’s partially ...read more Do yourself a favor. Every Martin Luther King day I listen to his speech on YouTube. I just finished and found myself even more moved than in previous years. Click here and take ten minutes. You will be glad you did. Haiti. Where to begin? What to say? No words. What a surprise. Seeing Bush and Clinton together yesterday reminded me about the best of Americans. It’s no secret that I think Bush is just this side of the devil, but watching his first venture out of retirement with Clinton on the news programs Sunday morning, I am reminded that the good in each of us lies in our ability to come together when necessary, when anyone needs us across this globe ...read more We need to talk about Cheerios. I recently received an email explaining that the new cool thing is to make a Cheerios necklace for your friends (I think they thought I was still in high school, bless them). The Cheerios necklace recipient eats a Cheerio off the necklace every time she sees the guy she likes at school and voila, he will like her after she finishes the necklace and all the Cheerios have been ingested. Now, that’s marketable. I ...read more I had a meeting last week with someone who mentioned he was surprised the pundits were not talking much about this being the end of a decade. Decade in review? Who wants to talk about the decade marking the beginning of this century? Would we as Americans want to focus on the death done to us at the beginning of the decade and then the death we did to others toward the end? The fall of our financial system? A ...read more I am so grateful to have seen Invictus by myself. I went after work alone which allowed me time to marinate in the afterglow all the way home without the invasion of another opinion. After so much criticism of the movie, (it trivializes the bringing together of black and white in South Africa, as if it could be done by a rugby game; there is no historical foundation laid during the film to bring us to where it begins, etc.), ...read more This is my first Thanksgiving blog and for those of you taking time out of your busy holiday, I wanted to be sure to bring something new and different ‘to the table.’ Get it – to the table? So, I went to the Net and am presenting History.com’s Thanksgiving history for your reading pleasure. Be sure to read about table manners. And, check the actual menu at the bottom. But, it’s what I love about our country. We just add to things ...read more I was driving in Denver with my family this past weekend, and we drove by the Wonder Bread factory. The smell was to die for. I commented that I remember my childhood when we would cut the crust off the bread, roll the rest of the bread into a ball and eat it. It was a giant glob of thick bread. After you ate it, it was with you for days. Days I tell you. They said there was an ...read more I know, I know. I promised I was over the California bashing thing, but I must digress for just one day. Please indulge me. I’m driving along in my expensively California-registered car last weekend with a friend minding my own sun-blinding business. There on the side of the road, as if he had a right to be there, was a Pilgrim. He was standing under a palm tree enticing people to come in and buy turkeys. I turned to my friend ...read more There are times to speak your mind, however unpopular it might be. Take the hit and lose some peeps and be true to the voice inside that is often quelled in the name of being non-controversial. This is one of those times for me. A friend of mine, who rarely sees eye to eye with me on most things political, said something so disturbing to me regarding the upcoming trial in New York City for the 9/11 bombings that I ...read more |
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